Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-03-24

the store" said Susie, "'canse we for.
get things, and the man said he wished
we wouldn't make him come up more'n
twice day"
That's q good idea" said Charley,
and he went into the dining.room to
get his supper. He had been to tho
pasture to bring hom, the cows. and
had not arrived In time TO eat with tho
others.
Susie was washing dishes. and Alice
was wiping them. They had song
which they sang sometimes when they
were doing this work. They made IL
up themselves. These are the words:
Oh, tho hateful dishesi
Iwish We could throw them away
And get new ones every day.
Then we could 60 and play.
They weren't singing tonight;
they were '.sccins which could get done
first"
"You can set that pan on the stove
to dry" said Alice; III don't have TO
wipc It."
"Yes, you do" said Susie, 1--WE only
dry the iron thing, on the s'ovc.'
as there anv more brealP" called
Charley from tho dininy-pom.
Eyes" answered SiSic. '.yon come
out and get it; my hands are in tho DISH
water"
"N.yer mind"
And he went down cellar and got
some pie.
A little while after Alice passed the
window AMI looked out.
"If there isn't that black hen. with
one OF her chickens right on your
Hower.bedr' she cried.
Out rushed the two little girls. way
ing dish-cloth and towel.
Just then Charley having finished
his supper. came out into the kitchen.
lie began dancing on the bare floor,
one of those figures cons sting OF jump
ing. standing. waving tho arms and
shuflling the feet. which boys are prone
to indulge in. As he went through
this performance the slate again caught
his eye.
"lt's TO write down what we want
from the store. is itP" he said. and.
taking the pencil. he added to the or
der already there;
8 pounds ginrsr snaps
4dozen herring
. 2dozen Orang
Is dozen eggs.
Then he picked mp his hat and went
whistling out the door.
The next morning the ch'liren.s
mother was upstairs making the b'is
when she heard tho groccr's wagon
drive up to tn, gate. She look,i out
the window. and the grocsrs man
looked up to her:
I'D, you want to send an order this
morning.
"Yes." said the chillren's mother.
"if you 20 around ~ the kitchen you
will find 1t written on tho slate that Is
hanging over the table"
An hour la'er she was still in her
room when the chatter OF childish
voices below became unusually cx-
cited, and there was . rush up the
stairs. "NIothcr. can l have an
orangep' "Can I have one OF those
dc-ear little cookies3"
10 mamma, there's lot of funny
little fish down here, and they smell
just rs quccr!" -,
.What are you all talking aboutP"
she asked, going to meet them.
"why, the things from the store. and
mammt, the man said they only had
ten dozen eg.s. and he would bring tho
rest tomorrow.
Ten dozen eggs! Why. goo1uess.
Susie, what Is that the baby hasP'
"It's one of the herring" said Susie;
"you little rog ic. you went and got II
Yourself" swell. Imust see what all
this means" said the mother. picking
up the baby and going down stairs.
81 s'poscd you look al the order bo.
fore YOU sent it." was all Charley could
say when he came In.
"You must take the things back 10
the store. and make an explanation,
said his father. -,
take the eggs first. Char'cv." said
his mother. "you may break them II
you try to carry all at once"
Charley started off with the eggs in
n tin pail. He h I'll not gone far when
he stop ,ed to watch two boys in yard
practicng at swinging pals OF water
around their heads. To do this skill
fully was just then the HEIGHT Of ambi'
ton with Charley and his friends.
"B.t you couldn't swing those egg,
'thout breaking them "Bet
could" And what did that boy do but
try! He sad the eggs woul Int have
fallen out IL tho handle hadn't been
crooked.
That Is how It came to pass that he
hadn't any money TO spend on the
Fourth of July. and why hc was chop
Plug wood while the other boys were
In swimming.-L. H., in ~ T. Tribune